November 1975 represents one of the darkest and most sinister days experienced in Bangladesh’s national history. It was the day when the nation's trajectory towards liberation from Pakistan was derailed by a group of renegade soldiers determined to undermine the values that Bangladesh had fought for. The events of that day marked a turning point in Bangladesh's political landscape and left a lasting legacy of pain and injustice. The stage for this dark chapter of Bangladesh’s history was set when troops loyal to Major General Ziaur Rahman and encouraged by Colonel Abu Taher seized control of the people’s republic of Bangladesh. Their actions represented a callous disregard for the progressive politics and enriched society that the people of Bangladesh had fought for just four years earlier during the liberation war. On this ill-fated day, the nation looked on in horror as these soldiers chanted 'Bangladesh Zindabad' even as it was a slogan that had already been supp...